Acute Corrosive Injuries of the Stomach: A Single Unit Experience of Thirty Years

Table 1

Nature of corrosive ingested.

Acute Gastric Injury ($n=39$)
Acids	36
Aqua regi${\text{a}}^{*}$	15
Bathroom cleaning aci${\text{d}}^{+}$	21
Alkalis	3

${}^{*}$A mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids used by goldsmiths as a solvent,
${}^{+}$Concentrated nitric acid